You need a certain kind of landscape for that. I think the UK only has a couple of pumped storage power stations due to lack of suitable sites
HeartyBeast
Absolutely - more about Midichlorians, I say!
No. That’s like saying the UK has too much wind power because our prices occasionally go negative. What Germany might not have enough of is battery and other storage
If you’re on an agile tariff where the price changes ever 30 minutes, it’s a bit of a bummer
Hopefully the plughole is clogged with hair
Indeed. To be honest, I’d probably fall back on the old idea of filling the bath right up if the shit looked like it was about to hit the fan.
I think that ‘resilience in depth’ is a reasonable idea. The NHS exists, but I still have a first aid kit at home.
In practice, I think it will be difficult fir a household to store 3 days drinking water.
I don’t think my grumpiness level has particularly changed since I emerged from my grumpy teenage phase.
I’d say that the railways were probably more likely to fail because you have the added complication of the rail infrastructure company on top, plus the need for through-ticketing and timetable coordination. Those factors magnified the sheer amount of shit in the show
I know what you are getting at OP, but I can’t say I find ‘both sides committed atrocities ‘ uplifting, exactly
Counterpoint- the council can mandate routes and frequency in the contract and put it out to tender. The idea is that the private sector is better an innovating to be efficient, though I’m not sure that has ever really been demonstrated
I contribute plenty. I volunteer for several charities including AgeUK and a local food bank and I give blood.
Want to make it mandatory? piss off.